Picking up six years after Resident Evil 2, the fourth game in the series follows former cop (now US agent) Leon S. Kennedy to Europe on a top secret mission to investigate the disappearance of the president's daughter Ashley. As Leon encounters unimaginable horrors, he must find out who or what is behind everything. Old friends...and enemies...lurk around every corner as Leon attempts to find out who is truly behind the kidnapping of the president's daughter.

Resident Evil 4 is a major change from the previous installments. Instead of a fixed third person perspective, the game features a new "behind the back" movement camera angle and an "over the shoulder" aiming feature that allows players to control their gun movement for specific body part hits. It features a brand new AI system and more open environments that allow enemies to work together to capture and corner Leon. Enemies are now humans, which allows them to climb up ladders, open doors, and use weapons throughout the game.

The entire item system has also been revamped, so that smaller items no longer require an entire item space to hold. Instead, items take up blocks of space in a briefcase according to their real life size, to allow for many more items and weapons. Leon can collect treasure from enemies or from the surrounding area, and visit the infamous "merchant" to purchase bigger briefcases, treasure maps, weapons upgrades, and powerful weapons such as the one-shot RPG.

There is also the Mercenaries from Resident Evil 3, which allows the player to play survival scenarios as character such as Hunk and even Albert Wesker himself.

Unlike the original GameCube release, later released platforms come with a bonus story mode called Separate Ways which becomes unlocked after finishing the main game. This story lets you play as Ada Wong and occurs in parallel to the main story, showing you what Ada did, who she contacted and where she's been when she wasn't with Leon. While most of the locations and weapons are the same, there are some entirely new levels and Ada's personal gadgets not previously seen in the main story.

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Alternate Titles

"生化危机4" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"惡靈古堡4" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
"Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition" -- Wii title
"RE4" -- Abbreviated title
"Biohazard 4" -- Japanese title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Resident Evil 4	Wii	$4.50
	Resident Evil 4	Windows	$4.72
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User Reviews

The King and Queen of Survival Horror!	PlayStation 2	MrBee (29)
The best Resident Evil game yet.	PlayStation 2	Satsyrc (7)
Buy.This.Now	PlayStation 2	You.Wont.Get.Out.Alive (3)
The game that changed Resident Evil forever.	PlayStation 2	Melvin Raeynes (26)
A fantastic opening scene to a worthless game.	PlayStation 2	kbmb (399)
Not your typical Resident Evil game!	PlayStation 2	David Bryan (25)
Strays Way Too Far From The Original Thesis Of Resident Evil.	PlayStation 2	TwoDividedByZero (149)

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The Press Says

Darkstation	Wii	Jun 19, 2007	9.9 out of 10	99
GameZone	PlayStation 2	Oct 31, 2005	9.5 out of 10	95
PTGamers	PlayStation 2	Dec 16, 2005	19 out of 20	95
GameLemon	PlayStation 2	Feb 01, 2006	9.5 out of 10	95
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Wii	Jun 06, 2007	9.3 out of 10	93
Fragland.net	PlayStation 2	Mar 06, 2006	93 out of 100	93
AceGamez	PlayStation 2	May 03, 2006	9 out of 10	90
ActionTrip	Windows	Mar 13, 2007	86 out of 100	86
FZ	Wii	Jul 06, 2007		80
Gamigo	Windows	Mar 16, 2007	4.2 out of 10	42

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Trivia

Controller

Nuby Tech designed a unique controller for the game in the form of a yellow chainsaw with gory blood marks. It comes with a built-in sound chip, imitating the roar.

Japanese version

In the US version, if Leon is attacked by one of the chainsaw-wielding villagers, his head is chopped off (graphically). However, in the Japanese version, when a villager attacks Leon with the chainsaw, it cuts off part of Leon's face, exposing half of the front of Leon's skull. It graphically shows Leon's right eye still intact as well, surrounded by blood. While this is more detailed and gory than the US version, the US version is more realistic in terms of anatomical "surgery". Additionally there are no exploding heads after heads shots and the physics of Ashley's breasts were removed.